CA2108739A1 - Unattended Meet-Me-Conference Controlled by a Telephone Terminal - Google Patents

Unattended Meet-Me-Conference Controlled by a Telephone Terminal

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CA2108739A1
CA2108739A1 CA2108739A CA2108739A CA2108739A1 CA 2108739 A1 CA2108739 A1 CA 2108739A1 CA 2108739 A CA2108739 A CA 2108739A CA 2108739 A CA2108739 A CA 2108739A CA 2108739 A1 CA2108739 A1 CA 2108739A1
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conference
meet
telephone terminal
line appearance
parties
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Bruce Merrill Bales
Ted Mathew Fidder
Donald Dean Gallagher
Stephen Max Thieler
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
    • H04M3/567—Multimedia conference systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M2203/50—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to audio conference
    • H04M2203/5054—Meet-me conference, i.e. participants dial-in
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M2203/50—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to audio conference
    • H04M2203/5063—Centrally initiated conference, i.e. Conference server dials participants

Abstract

Creating the capability of a meet-me-conference call on a telephone terminal by actuation of a meet-me-conference button on the telephone terminal.
The meet-me-conference button is actuated for a particular line appearance, and the meet-me-conference is then established by other telephone terminals calling the telephone number associated with that line appearance. The user of the telephoneterminal can join the conference at a later point in time by going off-hook. As other parties call that line appearance, the telephone terminal adds them to the conference.
As parties join the conference, their names are displayed on the telephone terminal, and a second button on the telephone terminal can be utilized to drop parties as they are added to the conference. A second actuation of the meet-me-conference buttonprevents further callers to the line appearance from being added to the conference.
CA002108739A 1992-12-23 1993-10-19 Unattended meet-me-conference controlled by a telephone terminal Expired - Lifetime CA2108739C (en)

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US07/996,349 US5369694A (en) 1992-12-23 1992-12-23 Unattended meet-me-conference controlled by a telephone terminal
US996,349 1992-12-23

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CA2108739A1 true CA2108739A1 (en) 1994-06-24
CA2108739C CA2108739C (en) 1997-09-16

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EP (1) EP0604046B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH06237302A (en)
CA (1) CA2108739C (en)
DE (1) DE69325562T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2134245T3 (en)

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